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Like many who grew up in the '60s and '70s (and perhaps even '80s and later), Tim and Paul had the course of their lives changed by the 1966 Batman TV show, from the types of play they did growing up to their present-day interests.

In this series, they discuss the show's allure and its failures, the arc of the show from satire to sitcom, its influences (the '40s serials and the comic books themselves) and the things it, in turn, influenced.

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#062 Batman vs. Green Hornet: Blue, Green, and Pink

Jun 1, 2017

A Piece of the Action

It’s the showdown of the century… Bruce Lee vs Burt Ward! Or at least, that seems to have been how some young viewers — and Lee himself — saw this arc! As the Green Hornet and Kato visit Gotham, we dig into Lee’s seeming obsession with Ward.

So why did the Hornet appear on Batman? Does the Hornet bring his own tone, or get his tone changed for him by Batman? Paul notes how different the Hornet looks with Batman cinematography. Meanwhile, Roger C. Carmel’s character Colonel Gumm, dismissed by most juvenile viewers, turns out to have plenty to offer us as adults.

PLUS: an update on that Adam West appearance on The Floppy Show (and the weird cowl he wore there), the versions of femininity on view in Batman, and your mail!

A History of the Notorious Purple Top

Octavia

 Minstrel's Moll, Octavia (Leslie Perkins)

Josie

Joker's moll, Josie Miller (Phyllis Douglas)

Dr. Cassandra

Dr. Cassandra (Ida Lupino)

 

Edward G Robinson's Planet of the Apes makeup test

Adam West (and AJ Drew) on The Floppy Show -- November 4, 1977!